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Royal Mail admits worst ever festive postThis is MoneyOutside the festive season, Royal Mail pledges to deliver 93% of first-class letters by the next working day. But yesterday it said only 33.7% of first-class post met this target between December 6 and January 1 and issued an official apology. …and …

The Guardian (blog) Richard Littlejohn gets himself into a taxing situationThe Guardian (blog)Photograph: Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features The Daily Mail has seized on the suggestion made by RMT union boss Bob Crow that emails should each be taxed a penny as a way of supporting the flagging Royal Mail. …

Mail delivery success rate falls in Bath areaBath ChronicleFigures released by Royal Mail today show that between September 6 and December 5, 88.3 per cent of items posted in the BA postcode region arrived the next day. That was slightly worse than the national performance figure of 89.2 per cent …

Daily Mail We ruined Christmas! Our worst festive season ever, admits Royal MailDaily MailOutside the festive season, Royal Mail pledges to deliver 93 per cent of first-class letters by the next working day. But yesterday it said just 33.7 per cent of first-class post met this target between December 6 …

During the festive season, just one in three letters sent first-class met their target of arriving the next working day. More: continued here

TWO-thirds of first-class post arrived LATE over Christmas, it has been revealed More: continued here

Scales of Justice, Monday, February 28Oxford MailLynn Skegg, 56, of Heath Drive, Binfield Heath, near Henley, admitted four counts of theft of DVDs, clothes consumer electronics and a test postal packet from Royal Mail in Henley-on-Thames between January 1, 2007, and June 3, 2010. …and more » More: continued here

The Guardian A third of Xmas post on timeThe SunONLY a THIRD of first class post arrived on time over Christmas – shaming bosses at ROYAL MAIL. The Post Office operator yesterday admitted it was "unable to deliver everything to our usual high standards". Only 33.7 per cent of first …

ONLY a THIRD of first class post arrived on time over Christmas – shaming ROYAL MAIL More: continued here

Smuggled Viagra bid foiled in Coventry postal hubCoventry ObserverThe haul of 2.1 million tablets was uncovered by UK Border Agency officials at Royal Mail's hub in Baginton. The Viagra had been ordered online by British customers. Officials seized a total of 8.5 million fake or unlicensed tablets of the erectile …